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一番

いちばん

particle

Meanings

1best (most)
2first
3number one
4first place
5best
6most
7game
8round

Example sentence

クラスで田中さんが一番背が高いです。

クラスでたなかさんがいちばんせいがたかいです。

Tanaka is the tallest in the class.

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Kanji in this word

一One, One Radical (no.1)1 strokes 番Turn, Number In A Series12 strokes

More words with 一

一人ひとり · one personN5 一つひとつ · one thingN5 一般いっぱん · generalN3 一昨年いっさくねん · year before lastN2 一時いちじ ·

Full entry on Jisho

for a time

N3

一月ひとつき · one monthN5

統一とういつ · unityN2

一昨年おととし · year before last

More words with 番

番組ばんぐみ · broadcast programN4 番号ばんごう · numberN5 本番ほんばん · performance (as opposed to practice)順番じゅんばん · turn (in line)N3 留守番るすばん · care-takingN2 番手ばんて · (yarn) count 交番こうばん · police boxN5 二番にばん · second

More at JLPT N5

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